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SuperMike! · 24th May 2005, 12:38 PM

Mercury Tilt Switch / The a forest ‘Split’ (too many fireworks).

A top drawer face off and the fourth instalment of the much celebrated Dialogue 7” series, this being Dialogue Four. And we say celebrated purely based on the evidence of this cute and cutting split – though our hands are up and we whole hearted admit they sneaked under our radar (but we would love to hear them hint hint….hint). Two tasty slices of young Scotland is what you get. Mercury Tilt Switch kick in with ‘Get ready for the trench run’ and finds Dundee’s finest packing enough sonic artillery to bust the speakers and at the same time revealing perfectly why they’ve garnered a growing, what amounts to word of mouth support with key support slots for the likes of Jetplane Landing, Hundred Reasons and Biffy Clyro. Mercury Tilt Switch operate in an edgy environ, their sound is the paranoiac charge of intense passion and simmering fury. All at once jagged and brutal, fractured and rampant they seem happily content at incorporating a menace like sheen of twisting math rock time signatures all blessed with a throat-ripping grip to boot. Flip over the disc to be greeted by the distinctly contrasting sound of The A Forest. ‘Dans l’aide du levrier retraite’ charms its way into your air space almost like an apparition, frail and frosty sounding, sparsely beautiful it has to be said yet maintaining that same initial impression brought about when first hearing ‘Waxen Wane’ by the Cocteau Twins and ‘Geek Love’ by Bang Bang Machine drifting from the speakers of the old dusty radio set one late and dark evening courtesy of the late John Peel’s night time show. While it might lack the force and grandeur of the latter there’s something numbingly arresting about the way the vocals sweetly caress almost siren like as though your stepping from what passes for realism into something picture book albeit pastel shaded. Ultimately though its perhaps the quieter and more reflective moments found nuzzling between the bitter sweet angst of Melys’ back catalogue that many of you folk may nod approvingly and agree it shares an affinity with. A daunting split release and of course essential. Limited to 500 copies and no doubt selling by the bucket load if there’s any justice out there.

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1010011010 · 26th May 2005, 08:04 AM

That's nice.

When did they review it?

SuperMike! · 26th May 2005, 12:27 PM

April. No idea where they got a copy from, found the article while messing around with Google.

24th May 2005, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
SuperMike! Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,221 Band: The A Forest. Kaput.	Single review from losingtoday.com Mercury Tilt Switch / The a forest ‘Split’ (too many fireworks). A top drawer face off and the fourth instalment of the much celebrated Dialogue 7” series, this being Dialogue Four. And we say celebrated purely based on the evidence of this cute and cutting split – though our hands are up and we whole hearted admit they sneaked under our radar (but we would love to hear them hint hint….hint). Two tasty slices of young Scotland is what you get. Mercury Tilt Switch kick in with ‘Get ready for the trench run’ and finds Dundee’s finest packing enough sonic artillery to bust the speakers and at the same time revealing perfectly why they’ve garnered a growing, what amounts to word of mouth support with key support slots for the likes of Jetplane Landing, Hundred Reasons and Biffy Clyro. Mercury Tilt Switch operate in an edgy environ, their sound is the paranoiac charge of intense passion and simmering fury. All at once jagged and brutal, fractured and rampant they seem happily content at incorporating a menace like sheen of twisting math rock time signatures all blessed with a throat-ripping grip to boot. Flip over the disc to be greeted by the distinctly contrasting sound of The A Forest. ‘Dans l’aide du levrier retraite’ charms its way into your air space almost like an apparition, frail and frosty sounding, sparsely beautiful it has to be said yet maintaining that same initial impression brought about when first hearing ‘Waxen Wane’ by the Cocteau Twins and ‘Geek Love’ by Bang Bang Machine drifting from the speakers of the old dusty radio set one late and dark evening courtesy of the late John Peel’s night time show. While it might lack the force and grandeur of the latter there’s something numbingly arresting about the way the vocals sweetly caress almost siren like as though your stepping from what passes for realism into something picture book albeit pastel shaded. Ultimately though its perhaps the quieter and more reflective moments found nuzzling between the bitter sweet angst of Melys’ back catalogue that many of you folk may nod approvingly and agree it shares an affinity with. A daunting split release and of course essential. Limited to 500 copies and no doubt selling by the bucket load if there’s any justice out there. From http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=69

26th May 2005, 08:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
1010011010 In all his binary finery. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: City of Disco - Very. Posts: 1,031 Band: on the Run.	Nice. That's nice. When did they review it? __________________ Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only then will you find that cannot eat money.

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26th May 2005, 12:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
SuperMike! Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,221 Band: The A Forest. Kaput.	April. No idea where they got a copy from, found the article while messing around with Google.